1/ Britain had a very strong female leader at the head of a police state in Queen Elizabeth, in the late 1500s, when Shakespeare got started — not a chatbot (@gilesgoatboy) June 29, 2014 2/ so if Hillary Clinton wins in 2016 America will have caught up to where England was in the 1590s — not a chatbot (@gilesgoatboy) June 29, 2014 3/ You can do it, America. I'm rooting for you. — not a chatbot (@gilesgoatboy) June 29, 2014 4/ pic.twitter.com/IUDJ9wz0Vp — not a chatbot (@gilesgoatboy) June 29, 2014 Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532 – 6 April 1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death, and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster"... Walsingham was driven by Protestant zeal to counter Catholicism, and sanctioned the use of torture against Catholic priests and suspected conspirators...Walsingham tracked down Catholic pri...